The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 20: Obedient
After the two pregnant wives went out to watch a play, Jia Rong came to Youshi's side.

Jia Rong was accompanied by Qin Keqing's maid Baozhu, and Youshi also had two sensible maids by her side.

At this time, Jia Rong was sitting on the edge of the bed, hugging Youshi who was sitting on his lap.

"This place is a bit too big for you to live in alone. It would seem cruel of me to drive you to another courtyard."

After hearing this, Youshi smiled awkwardly and said, "I will follow the master's arrangement."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Well said, a woman should be so sensible."

In recent years, it has been difficult for Mrs. You to laugh sincerely.

She was treated so badly.

She had a weak character to begin with, and now she has been trained so hard that she has completely lost her dignity. She does whatever she is told to do and dares not complain at all.

Baozhu and the other two maids were sitting quietly on small chairs at the door, doing needlework, and did not dare to ask about what was going on inside.

The female workers here can exchange their needlework for money, and Jia Rong will take all the needlework to other stores to sell. Naturally, the better the work, the more it will sell and the more money he will make.

It was not clear before, but now Baozhu finally understands.

The master brought me here today to let me broaden my horizons and treat me as his confidant. Maybe in the future he will have to help cover up for me and hide it from others.

Jia Rong in the story has been coming to cause trouble for Youshi recently, almost once a day.

"I can't bear to send you to live with the maids and do rough work with them."

When Youshi heard this, her body froze. Even though it had been seven years, she had never thought that Jia Rong would be so wicked and shameless as to force her, his wife, to live with the maids and even require them to do rough work together.

In that case, I might as well die!
At this time, Jia Rong spoke.

"You can live in this big courtyard. The benefits I give you are not that of a maid or a concubine. They are all calculated according to the salary of a legitimate wife. Even the monthly salary of the wife of the Duke next door is not as much as yours. You should thank me very much. You have to give me what I want."

Youshi breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "Thank you, Master! I will give you whatever you want~"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Then I will arrange four first-class maids, eight second-class maids, and twelve third-class maids in your courtyard. I will also give you a special sedan chair with four bearers in the sedan chair hall, and allow you to raise some flowers and birds yourself."

You was flattered and even a little scared. She really couldn't understand why she could get so many benefits.

She doesn't think her looks are enough. The neglect she has received over the past seven years has left her with a very low opinion of herself.

"I appreciate the master's kindness. Everything is fine now. We can't be extravagant. Besides, I don't have the blessing to enjoy it." Youshi didn't dare to ask for these benefits.

Jia Rong smiled and said, "You are right. No reward without merit."

"In two months, Yuanchun will give birth. The mansion will definitely be very busy then."

"You are not smart, and you don't have any children, so you are not qualified to be a housekeeper. But there will definitely be a lot of people coming from the Jia Mansion, so you have to come out and show off."

Youshi said quickly, "Yes! Master, don't worry, I will definitely say good things about Grandma and Master. Helping Master is helping myself."

Youshi repeated what Jia Rong often said to her and agreed with him deeply.

If she doesn't rely on Jia Rong now, who else can she rely on?

Jia Rong continued to hug her and said, "You are living a good life now. People in the Jia Mansion look down on you, but you have to respect yourself."

"If you want to live a good life, you should let your family know. If you don't appreciate what you have, it's my fault for not being thoughtful. I let you walk around in the night in your fine clothes, and you don't realize how happy your life is."

"I remember your mother is still here, right?"

Youshi said hurriedly, "There is a stepmother who is a few years older than me. She was married to my father a few years ago. When she came, she brought two maids with her. Now she is estimated to be sixteen or seventeen years old. We are not close."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Then invite them over. They can stay as long as they want. Look at the look in their eyes when they come to my house and see how excited they are to experience your normal life, and you will know whether I treat you well or not." In recent years, Youshi has rarely contacted her family. She never sends her monthly income home, let alone supports her family.

The main reason was that Jia Rong gave her little money, and her life was very simple. She really didn't want her family to come and see her and embarrass herself.

Another reason is that he has a bad relationship with his family. If he is driven out of Ningguo Mansion, he feels that his family will not support him, so he doesn't want to hear any news from his family.

Although I still have the same attitude and thoughts as before and don't want my family to come and see me like this, how can I say no?

Do you really think you are the wife of Ningguo Mansion?

"I will listen to you, Master~"

"Good boy~ That's more like it!"

Jia Rong was a man of swift and decisive action, and he had already made arrangements, so he quickly promoted the two maids to first-class maids. This was considered a promotion after seven or eight years of training with Youshi.

Yinglian's mother, Feng, and several mothers of only children were arranged to manage the courtyard.

Accompanied by a few little girls who are good at work and have been trained since childhood.

Some of them were maids bought in recent years, but more were mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, etc. who worked as slaves.

Older people will also preside over marriages. Those who can make a living will stay together, while those who cannot will be arranged to find jobs.

Those with character problems will have their money refunded and be arranged to return to their hometowns to farm.

Yu's yard soon became lively. All the furniture that had been moved away before was moved back. Many beautiful clothes were tried on, and a copper clock with gold inlay was hung.

Soon Jia Rong sent three sedan chairs to pick up people.

As soon as the sedan chair went out, it met Jia Zheng and Jia Lian who were coming over.

"Master Zheng, aren't you going to work today?"

Jia Zheng looked at his son-in-law and said awkwardly, "I heard Yuanchun say that you had something to discuss with me, so I came to see you."

Logically speaking, it should be the son-in-law who went to see his father-in-law, but what others said was right, they invited officials from the Ministry of Industry to discuss things, not the son-in-law visiting his father-in-law.

Jia Zheng himself was not doing his job properly as an official, and he was too embarrassed to delve into the details of who was seeing whom.

At this time, Jia Lian looked at the three sedan chairs going out.

"Who's going out?"

Jia Rong casually said, "It's just a small matter in the backyard. Go get her mother to come over and help. I'm sure I'll be very busy here in a few months."

Jia Lian nodded, knowing that Jia Rong and Youshi did not get along.

Of course this is a misunderstanding. Jia Rong and Youshi have a very harmonious relationship and are obedient to each other.

Jia Rong was originally helping his father-in-law, so he quickly said respectfully, "Master Zheng, please come in. I can't make up my mind, so I need your help."

Jia Zheng felt honored and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go in and talk."

"Please!" Jia Rong took the two of them directly to the study.

It seemed that Jia Zheng had long forgotten that Jia Rong had raised his fist to hit him.

After all, it was a childhood thing. Now everyone thinks that Jia Rong has become successful and sensible.

(End of this chapter)